Victoria Martinez http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/health/12fertility.html Published: October 11, 2009 Summary: In the article, “Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood” by Stephanie Saul, we are yet again allowed a glimpse into 21st Century Babies. Saul makes a comparison between IUI, intrauterine insemination, and IVF, In Vitro Fertilization. These two fertility treatments are both risky; however, as explained in the article IUI is much riskier. IUI is covered by more insurance companies but creates a higher risk of multiple births. This treatment is being used more frequently and with less federal and medical tracking then IVF. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that IUI and other similar treatments cause more large multiple births than in vitro fertilization, contributing to the nation’s 12.7 percent rate of preterm babies. Experts agree that at least 20% of the pregnancies are multiples. Most are twins, but one 1999 study found that 8% of the pregnancies with inject-able hormones and insemination were triplets and quadruplets. The more babies, the greater the risk. Quadruplets, for example, have a more than 10 percent chance of dying in infancy. It is because of these terrible statistics that the government is trying to make IVF covered by insurance so less couples will use IUI. Review: “Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood” by Stephanie Saul is shocking, horrifying, and true. This article causes me to see how some couples could go to such extremes. The article is very thorough but still leaves me with a few inquiries. For one, are all the couples really as aware of the risks as the doctors’ claim they are? If they are that aware, how do they decide to go through with it? Usefulness: I find the stats to be useful, the writing to be easily read, and all the information to be all across the board. We got quotes from doctors, insurance agencies, the patients of successful and the patients of unsuccessful pregnancies using IUI. This article lets me see some of the things that couples must look at before they go trolling around the internet looking for the 4 other people they would need to make their child through cyber space; the sperm donor, egg donor, surrogate, and physician.
Samantha Racine http://www.diigo.com/09tuy
This article titled “Top 10 Reasons People Misrepresent Themselves on Online Dating Sites” puts these reasons for deception in 10 clear categories. First, she explains 6 groups of people, called the “Groups of Deception.” Each of these different groups deal with a different motivation that people have for using deception on dating sites. Interestingly, most of them are not intentional misconceptions, but happen because of one’s inability to judge themselves accurately. The next four reasons that lead to misrepresentation are blamed on the technology used for online dating. She believes that many sites are much too limiting and don’t allow for proper representation of people. Additionally, people, especially women, are afraid to give out too much information about themselves on the internet, for obvious safety reasons.
I found this article very interesting because they have broke down the reasons why people lie into very specific categories. It shows that not everyone is doing it for the same reasons, especially the people who truly have trouble getting away from insecurities or simply the fact that everyone has a different opinion of what is “successful” or “beautiful” or “tall.” Some of these misrepresentations are innocent mistakes made by people and they likely would not even see it as lying. I want to know if people really are this innocent or if people are actually lying to get ahead in some way. She did mention that some people say they lie because "everyone is doing it," but is that really a valid reason? I don't think so, but it might help explain why lying is so common on dating sites.
This text is useful because it discusses many of the different reasons why people lie on online dating sites, which is what I have been trying to figure out. It is nice to know that not all of the people who lie are doing it just because they want to get ahead, some simply have a difficult time representing themselves online, especially when they want people to like them. I will definitely be able to include this in my paper when discussing the different reasons people lie.
Jeffrey Chavez Compatibility testing Summary:
This article is about the different methods that different online dating sites use in order to match you with a possible date or significant other. They talk about how different researchers and scientists use different algorithms in order to match you to your partners. E-harmony for example matches you on the 29 “core traits” that you posses just by how you answer questions on a 258 question survey that they give to all of their clients. They also talk about how although all of these online dating services have all the data that they need in order to make their research accredited by others; many of the places don’t want to give out their algorithms to the other competitors. They also talk about how you should trust a person with finding their own match.
Response:
I think that what these online dating sites are doing is great because with the more data that they collect, then they can then successfully match more and more people. Although before they use their theories I think that they should be checked over and searched for errors that they may have made. I think that the best way to catch your mistakes is to have your peers check over your research. I also have to say that I don’t agree with the statement at the end that says “you can’t trust a person to pick their own matches” I think that that’s the best way to find your matches and if a person can’t pick their own matches they shouldn’t be given one out of random.
Usefulness:
Although I found this useful, I think that if they put some more of their research data and showed some more numbers and ways that they came up with their compatibility tests, I think that would strengthen the article immensely. I will be able to use a lot of research out of this article none the less and it will defiantly strengthen my paper.
In the article Seduced into scams: Online lovers are often duped by Bob Sullivan brings to surface the rise of Nigerian scams on hopeful romantics. Online dating sites may help their customers find true love while others find themselves being victims to con artists. The pain and heartbreak of these people literally blinded by love, since they don’t really know who is behind the other computer screen. Theresa Smalley is one of these victims, we had a relationship via chat room for months. Thinking this was true love and the real deal Theresa’s intuition and wits were belittled by her patient and manipulative cyber partner, who asked her to spend a money order to Nigeria. Theresa willing did, shortly after this transaction the bank called Theresa telling her she owed then a sum of $2,700. Theresa is the only person who fell for this scam others have too. Ryan W. of Washington Stated was also duped by a nigirian scam when he entered a chat room devoted to Grateful dead fans. The next Ryan knew his $11,000 in bank account for next semester was frozen. Ryan lost is money. The con artist these days are more troubling than ever before they can now be across the world and still dupe you.
Response:
After Reading this article my heart went out to those who were duped by these heartless con artists. Yet I also get kind of mad at them for being so stupid and naïve. As technology progress it is becoming easier and easier to disguise your identity and fool someone. I’ve always been skeptical about online chat rooms and dating cites. This is because I feel like actual face-to-face human interaction is becoming less and less valued. I’m not a technical savvy person maybe that’s why I hold a grudge to these communities of practices. Facebook and twitter are more accepted in my eyes when it comes to social media because you probably have meet the person your friends with or following. The creeps who friend anyone and follow people they don’t know need to find real friends in the real world and get up off the computer and do something for productive with time than lurk people.
The article “The Truth about Online Dating” by Robert Epstein is about the con artists that are in the online dating community. He starts out telling a story about meeting a girl that he met online and she has nothing in common with her pictures that the posted. This sparks an interest in Robert and he goes into talking about the true facts about online dating. He goes about telling the facts by saying things such as this, “Survey research conducted by media researcher Jeana Frost, then at Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggests that about1 20 percent of online daters admit to deception. If you ask them how many other people are lying, however — an interviewing tactic that probably gets closer to the truth — 1 That number jumps to 90 percent.” He also uses many ideas that Cooley talked about in his “looking glass self article” such as this, “"computer-mediated communication" is disinheriting, causing people to say just about anything they feel like saying…There are also no physical cues or consequences — no visible communication gestures, raised eyebrows, grimaces, and so on — to keep people's behavior in check…As a result, online daters tend to construct what Ellison and her colleagues…call an "ideal self" rather than a real one.” After reading this article this raises a couple red flags, suggesting that online dating really isn’t the way to go and if so you need to be really careful because you can see how many people lie when they are trying to convey themselves to others. I really find these statistics interesting and I think that if they are actually true then online dating is very over rated and in my opinion quite dangerous. I also think that if someone lies in their profile then there is no way that you will be able to trust them in real life and if I was dating online I would want someone that was completely honest with me from the beginning. This article gave me some great insight on what online dating is really like, and how this type of social networking really does correspond with Cooley’s looking glass self ideas.
The article I found that will be useful for my inquiry is The Danger Of Online Dating - Be Safe And Know What Problems May Exist Before Joining A Dating Site by Tim Gorman. The article basically describes itself. It talks about the major dangers of online dating. It talks about fraud and all the way to sexual predators. Gorman talks about how people sign up and pay for a site and in the end get nothing out of the site; they just loose money. He also makes a point about how online dating involves the manipulation of information where registered members lie about their age, gender and other personal information with the hopes of scamming another registered online dating member. This article makes me think how many people using online dating are being manipulated right now. People sign up for these dating sites hoping to find the right person, but they might be “matched” with the complete wrong person or a even a dangerous person. With this inquiry I want to look more into these dangers and find who are these people that make these dating sites actually dangerous. With this article, it has started my research and showed me the main things that are dangerous in dating sites. I can with this information go and look more into each danger and find out more about each thing.
Social Networking and Dating
Jeffrey Chavez Pros and Cons of On-line Dating This text describes the pros and the cons when you are thinking about joining a social networking sight that is set up for online dating and relationships. It starts off telling you that any online dating service is just like a social networking site like facebook. The only difference is that an online dating site is set up for those who want to find a relationship or someone they can spend the rest of their lives with, and not just a friend. There are many different arguments that the author makes, including things that you would be concerned about when starting, such as fake people. This includes people that are dangerous, and have no intention on dating but other, not so good, intentions. Along with this there is the concern that someone may try to portray themselves as someone who they are not. The author makes these points really clear throughout his article, and although it is short, it really gets the point out to people who are considering online dating websites.
After reading this article I find it really interesting how in online dating sites, so many people can trust others that they really have no idea who they really are. I think that if I continue to pursue this topic, I would like to find more key reasons that people would rather go online and try to find someone who is compatible with them, as opposed to going out and trying to find someone in their area. Although I am skeptical about this idea of online dating and making relationships with people you hardly know, it’s a really neat idea. I would understand if you work a full time job and you’re all alone, but you have no time to go out and go to a bar or even a club to find people.
This text is quite useful for those who are trying to understand the reasoning behind social networking and dating sites. Along with this, this article gives you some good insight if you are curious about the pros and the cons about online dating sites.
Online dating allows you to have your same busy lifestyle, while also helping you find a compatible match. At first, online dating was seen as just for "losers," but over the years that image has transformed and now millions of people are using dating websites. The online dating industry claims they have got matching people down to a "science," using not only the obvious preferences of people like their hobbies, but also a questionnaire to determine personality types based on the hormones dopamine, serotonin, estrogen and testosterone. The test places people in 1 of 4 personality types and supposedly helps lead you to a perfect match. These sites have become necessary because of how busy people are, the high divorce rates and the disappearance of traditional ways of meeting people.
I think it is very interesting that at first people were skeptical about online dating and now they are really embracing it and clearly using it to try and find love. I believe that it makes sense for many busy people to use, but at the same time something about the whole thing just does not feel right. I would not trust simple things like my favorite hobbies to match me with someone I might actually get along with. What ever happened to friends hooking up other friends on blind dates? Or going out the bars or some other public place where singles often are looking for each other? Will dating online become the norm soon? These are all questions that I would like to research.
This text is useful because it allows us to see how the internet has played a crucial role in our social lives and how it continues to change how we act. Some day it is possible that people will no longer look for love the "traditional" way, but will instead go online and find someone. Technology has changed how we find information (internet as opposed to books), how we communicate with each other (texting/emailing instead of calling or sending letters) and now it has also changed how we find love, on the internet as opposed to out in person.
Lying Online Samantha Racine
In the article, "Sex, Lies and Dating Profiles" by Zosia Bielski, he talks about a study of online dating profiles done by Cornell University. They found that both males and females lie about themselves on dating websites. Males commonly lie about their height, while women lied more about their weight. Additionally, women were more likely than men to alter their pictures or have pictures that were much over a year old. An interesting fact about the lies people put on their dating profiles is that they almost never included first-person singular pronouns such as "I" in their lies. Professor Jeffrey Hancock believes this is a unconscious act. In the second part of the article, the University of Texas found some contradicting results while doing a similar study of social networking sites such as Facebook. They found that people on these sites were not lying nearly as much, but Professor Gosling determined that this may be because you don't have full control over what is posted on your Facebook like you do on your dating profile. For instance, "Other people can write things on your wall and tag you in unflattering photos," said the professor.
Because I am a Facebook user, I did not find it strange that people are less likely to lie on Facebook. Not only do people not have complete control over what is posted, but also because it is not a website devoted to helping you find love. I feel like it's obvious that people would try and make themselves sound better than they are when their audience is people that have never met them as opposed to Facebook which is a site for friends to keep in touch. I wonder how dating sites would be different if they were set up more like Facebook where anyone can add pictures and write on your wall for others to see. Would there be as much lying?
This text is useful because it shows how people act and present themselves differently depending on which social networking site they are on, one like Facebook or one like Match.com. I am interested to find out why exactly this is the case and if people really believe that saying you weigh a few pounds less is actually going to get you more attention on a dating site. This article has led me to my next step in research which is to focus on online identity and how it is changing our relationships.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/health/12fertility.html
Published: October 11, 2009
Summary: In the article, “Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood” by Stephanie Saul, we are yet again allowed a glimpse into 21st Century Babies. Saul makes a comparison between IUI, intrauterine insemination, and IVF, In Vitro Fertilization. These two fertility treatments are both risky; however, as explained in the article IUI is much riskier. IUI is covered by more insurance companies but creates a higher risk of multiple births. This treatment is being used more frequently and with less federal and medical tracking then IVF. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that IUI and other similar treatments cause more large multiple births than in vitro fertilization, contributing to the nation’s 12.7 percent rate of preterm babies. Experts agree that at least 20% of the pregnancies are multiples. Most are twins, but one 1999 study found that 8% of the pregnancies with inject-able hormones and insemination were triplets and quadruplets. The more babies, the greater the risk. Quadruplets, for example, have a more than 10 percent chance of dying in infancy. It is because of these terrible statistics that the government is trying to make IVF covered by insurance so less couples will use IUI.
Review: “Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood” by Stephanie Saul is shocking, horrifying, and true. This article causes me to see how some couples could go to such extremes. The article is very thorough but still leaves me with a few inquiries. For one, are all the couples really as aware of the risks as the doctors’ claim they are? If they are that aware, how do they decide to go through with it?
Usefulness: I find the stats to be useful, the writing to be easily read, and all the information to be all across the board. We got quotes from doctors, insurance agencies, the patients of successful and the patients of unsuccessful pregnancies using IUI. This article lets me see some of the things that couples must look at before they go trolling around the internet looking for the 4 other people they would need to make their child through cyber space; the sperm donor, egg donor, surrogate, and physician.
Samantha Racine
http://www.diigo.com/09tuy
This article titled “Top 10 Reasons People Misrepresent Themselves on Online Dating Sites” puts these reasons for deception in 10 clear categories. First, she explains 6 groups of people, called the “Groups of Deception.” Each of these different groups deal with a different motivation that people have for using deception on dating sites. Interestingly, most of them are not intentional misconceptions, but happen because of one’s inability to judge themselves accurately. The next four reasons that lead to misrepresentation are blamed on the technology used for online dating. She believes that many sites are much too limiting and don’t allow for proper representation of people. Additionally, people, especially women, are afraid to give out too much information about themselves on the internet, for obvious safety reasons.
I found this article very interesting because they have broke down the reasons why people lie into very specific categories. It shows that not everyone is doing it for the same reasons, especially the people who truly have trouble getting away from insecurities or simply the fact that everyone has a different opinion of what is “successful” or “beautiful” or “tall.” Some of these misrepresentations are innocent mistakes made by people and they likely would not even see it as lying. I want to know if people really are this innocent or if people are actually lying to get ahead in some way. She did mention that some people say they lie because "everyone is doing it," but is that really a valid reason? I don't think so, but it might help explain why lying is so common on dating sites.
This text is useful because it discusses many of the different reasons why people lie on online dating sites, which is what I have been trying to figure out. It is nice to know that not all of the people who lie are doing it just because they want to get ahead, some simply have a difficult time representing themselves online, especially when they want people to like them. I will definitely be able to include this in my paper when discussing the different reasons people lie.
Jeffrey Chavez
Compatibility testing
Summary:
This article is about the different methods that different online dating sites use in order to match you with a possible date or significant other. They talk about how different researchers and scientists use different algorithms in order to match you to your partners. E-harmony for example matches you on the 29 “core traits” that you posses just by how you answer questions on a 258 question survey that they give to all of their clients. They also talk about how although all of these online dating services have all the data that they need in order to make their research accredited by others; many of the places don’t want to give out their algorithms to the other competitors. They also talk about how you should trust a person with finding their own match.
Response:
I think that what these online dating sites are doing is great because with the more data that they collect, then they can then successfully match more and more people. Although before they use their theories I think that they should be checked over and searched for errors that they may have made. I think that the best way to catch your mistakes is to have your peers check over your research. I also have to say that I don’t agree with the statement at the end that says “you can’t trust a person to pick their own matches” I think that that’s the best way to find your matches and if a person can’t pick their own matches they shouldn’t be given one out of random.
Usefulness:
Although I found this useful, I think that if they put some more of their research data and showed some more numbers and ways that they came up with their compatibility tests, I think that would strengthen the article immensely. I will be able to use a lot of research out of this article none the less and it will defiantly strengthen my paper.
Singles seduced into scams online
Liz Collier
Summary:
In the article Seduced into scams: Online lovers are often duped by Bob Sullivan brings to surface the rise of Nigerian scams on hopeful romantics. Online dating sites may help their customers find true love while others find themselves being victims to con artists. The pain and heartbreak of these people literally blinded by love, since they don’t really know who is behind the other computer screen. Theresa Smalley is one of these victims, we had a relationship via chat room for months. Thinking this was true love and the real deal Theresa’s intuition and wits were belittled by her patient and manipulative cyber partner, who asked her to spend a money order to Nigeria. Theresa willing did, shortly after this transaction the bank called Theresa telling her she owed then a sum of $2,700. Theresa is the only person who fell for this scam others have too. Ryan W. of Washington Stated was also duped by a nigirian scam when he entered a chat room devoted to Grateful dead fans. The next Ryan knew his $11,000 in bank account for next semester was frozen. Ryan lost is money. The con artist these days are more troubling than ever before they can now be across the world and still dupe you.
Response:
After Reading this article my heart went out to those who were duped by these heartless con artists. Yet I also get kind of mad at them for being so stupid and naïve. As technology progress it is becoming easier and easier to disguise your identity and fool someone. I’ve always been skeptical about online chat rooms and dating cites. This is because I feel like actual face-to-face human interaction is becoming less and less valued. I’m not a technical savvy person maybe that’s why I hold a grudge to these communities of practices. Facebook and twitter are more accepted in my eyes when it comes to social media because you probably have meet the person your friends with or following. The creeps who friend anyone and follow people they don’t know need to find real friends in the real world and get up off the computer and do something for productive with time than lurk people.
The Truth about online dating
Jeffrey Chavez
The article “The Truth about Online Dating” by Robert Epstein is about the con artists that are in the online dating community. He starts out telling a story about meeting a girl that he met online and she has nothing in common with her pictures that the posted. This sparks an interest in Robert and he goes into talking about the true facts about online dating. He goes about telling the facts by saying things such as this, “Survey research conducted by media researcher Jeana Frost, then at Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggests that about1 20 percent of online daters admit to deception. If you ask them how many other people are lying, however — an interviewing tactic that probably gets closer to the truth —
1
That number jumps to 90 percent.” He also uses many ideas that Cooley talked about in his “looking glass self article” such as this, “"computer-mediated communication" is disinheriting, causing people to say just about anything they feel like saying…There are also no physical cues or consequences — no visible communication gestures, raised eyebrows, grimaces, and so on — to keep people's behavior in check…As a result, online daters tend to construct what Ellison and her colleagues…call an "ideal self" rather than a real one.”
After reading this article this raises a couple red flags, suggesting that online dating really isn’t the way to go and if so you need to be really careful because you can see how many people lie when they are trying to convey themselves to others. I really find these statistics interesting and I think that if they are actually true then online dating is very over rated and in my opinion quite dangerous. I also think that if someone lies in their profile then there is no way that you will be able to trust them in real life and if I was dating online I would want someone that was completely honest with me from the beginning.
This article gave me some great insight on what online dating is really like, and how this type of social networking really does correspond with Cooley’s looking glass self ideas.
Megan Sweeney
http://www.diigo.com/09gub
The article I found that will be useful for my inquiry is The Danger Of Online Dating - Be Safe And Know What Problems May Exist Before Joining A Dating Site by Tim Gorman. The article basically describes itself. It talks about the major dangers of online dating. It talks about fraud and all the way to sexual predators. Gorman talks about how people sign up and pay for a site and in the end get nothing out of the site; they just loose money. He also makes a point about how online dating involves the manipulation of information where registered members lie about their age, gender and other personal information with the hopes of scamming another registered online dating member. This article makes me think how many people using online dating are being manipulated right now. People sign up for these dating sites hoping to find the right person, but they might be “matched” with the complete wrong person or a even a dangerous person. With this inquiry I want to look more into these dangers and find who are these people that make these dating sites actually dangerous. With this article, it has started my research and showed me the main things that are dangerous in dating sites. I can with this information go and look more into each danger and find out more about each thing.
Social Networking and Dating
Jeffrey Chavez
Pros and Cons of On-line Dating
This text describes the pros and the cons when you are thinking about joining a social networking sight that is set up for online dating and relationships. It starts off telling you that any online dating service is just like a social networking site like facebook. The only difference is that an online dating site is set up for those who want to find a relationship or someone they can spend the rest of their lives with, and not just a friend. There are many different arguments that the author makes, including things that you would be concerned about when starting, such as fake people. This includes people that are dangerous, and have no intention on dating but other, not so good, intentions. Along with this there is the concern that someone may try to portray themselves as someone who they are not. The author makes these points really clear throughout his article, and although it is short, it really gets the point out to people who are considering online dating websites.
After reading this article I find it really interesting how in online dating sites, so many people can trust others that they really have no idea who they really are. I think that if I continue to pursue this topic, I would like to find more key reasons that people would rather go online and try to find someone who is compatible with them, as opposed to going out and trying to find someone in their area. Although I am skeptical about this idea of online dating and making relationships with people you hardly know, it’s a really neat idea. I would understand if you work a full time job and you’re all alone, but you have no time to go out and go to a bar or even a club to find people.
This text is quite useful for those who are trying to understand the reasoning behind social networking and dating sites. Along with this, this article gives you some good insight if you are curious about the pros and the cons about online dating sites.
Online Dating
Samantha Racine
http://www.diigo.com/09dki
Online dating allows you to have your same busy lifestyle, while also helping you find a compatible match. At first, online dating was seen as just for "losers," but over the years that image has transformed and now millions of people are using dating websites. The online dating industry claims they have got matching people down to a "science," using not only the obvious preferences of people like their hobbies, but also a questionnaire to determine personality types based on the hormones dopamine, serotonin, estrogen and testosterone. The test places people in 1 of 4 personality types and supposedly helps lead you to a perfect match. These sites have become necessary because of how busy people are, the high divorce rates and the disappearance of traditional ways of meeting people.
I think it is very interesting that at first people were skeptical about online dating and now they are really embracing it and clearly using it to try and find love. I believe that it makes sense for many busy people to use, but at the same time something about the whole thing just does not feel right. I would not trust simple things like my favorite hobbies to match me with someone I might actually get along with. What ever happened to friends hooking up other friends on blind dates? Or going out the bars or some other public place where singles often are looking for each other? Will dating online become the norm soon? These are all questions that I would like to research.
This text is useful because it allows us to see how the internet has played a crucial role in our social lives and how it continues to change how we act. Some day it is possible that people will no longer look for love the "traditional" way, but will instead go online and find someone. Technology has changed how we find information (internet as opposed to books), how we communicate with each other (texting/emailing instead of calling or sending letters) and now it has also changed how we find love, on the internet as opposed to out in person.
Lying Online
Samantha Racine
In the article, "Sex, Lies and Dating Profiles" by Zosia Bielski, he talks about a study of online dating profiles done by Cornell University. They found that both males and females lie about themselves on dating websites. Males commonly lie about their height, while women lied more about their weight. Additionally, women were more likely than men to alter their pictures or have pictures that were much over a year old. An interesting fact about the lies people put on their dating profiles is that they almost never included first-person singular pronouns such as "I" in their lies. Professor Jeffrey Hancock believes this is a unconscious act. In the second part of the article, the University of Texas found some contradicting results while doing a similar study of social networking sites such as Facebook. They found that people on these sites were not lying nearly as much, but Professor Gosling determined that this may be because you don't have full control over what is posted on your Facebook like you do on your dating profile. For instance, "Other people can write things on your wall and tag you in unflattering photos," said the professor.
Because I am a Facebook user, I did not find it strange that people are less likely to lie on Facebook. Not only do people not have complete control over what is posted, but also because it is not a website devoted to helping you find love. I feel like it's obvious that people would try and make themselves sound better than they are when their audience is people that have never met them as opposed to Facebook which is a site for friends to keep in touch. I wonder how dating sites would be different if they were set up more like Facebook where anyone can add pictures and write on your wall for others to see. Would there be as much lying?
This text is useful because it shows how people act and present themselves differently depending on which social networking site they are on, one like Facebook or one like Match.com. I am interested to find out why exactly this is the case and if people really believe that saying you weigh a few pounds less is actually going to get you more attention on a dating site. This article has led me to my next step in research which is to focus on online identity and how it is changing our relationships.
I couldn't Diigo this article because it was on Lexis Nexis, but here is the article:
https://docs.google.com/a/mail.csuchico.edu/Doc?docid=0AVodKzBqChPzZHJoeGY5cF8wZmJrOTk4ZnM&hl=en